All 77 of North Carolina’s libraries are profiled in the book; most of them are relatively poorly funded but not in the bottom bracket, with 56% spending $12 to $20.99 (compared to 19% overall). Just as no library is in the top spending bracket, so none circulates 24 or more items per capita—and only 16% circulate eight or more (compared to 50% overall). Except for one anomalous library, spending and circulation correlate well. Where there’s low circulation, there also tend to be fairly few patron visits—as is the case here, where 27% of libraries have at least five visits per capita (compared to 54% overall). Program attendance is also low, with 21% of libraries having at least 0.4 attendance per capita (compared to 42% overall). Similarly, PC use is low: 22% report at least 1.3 uses per capita, compared to 43% overall.

Libraries by legal service area

LSA

Count

%

4,000-5,299

2

2.6%

8,700-11,099

2

2.6%

11,100-14,099

1

1.3%

14,100-18,499

1

1.3%

18,500-24,999

3

3.9%

25,000-34,499

3

3.9%

34,500-53,999

13

16.9%

54,000-104,999

21

27.3%

105,000-4.1 mill.

31

40.3%

Circulation per capita and spending per capita

Circulation per capita correlates very strongly (0.73) with spending per capita.

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